Planet Combustion
Periods in 1785 when a planet is so close to the Sun that it is combust (Asta). Marriage and other ceremonies are avoided while Jupiter or Venus is combust.
Combust periods 1785
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 30 Dec 1784, 12:22 | 01 Feb 1785, 20:36 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Jan 1785, 20:02 | 30 Jan 1785, 09:13 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 24 Feb 1785, 15:49 | 25 Mar 1785, 19:08 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Mar 1785, 08:03 | 17 Apr 1785, 10:25 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 May 1785, 22:52 | 01 Jun 1785, 21:55 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 25 May 1785, 10:31 | 04 Jun 1785, 15:16 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Jul 1785, 15:00 | 31 Jul 1785, 16:46 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Sep 1785, 18:02 | 01 Oct 1785, 06:40 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Oct 1785, 10:05 | 07 Dec 1785, 03:51 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.